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· 10/23/1986

Barbara Coleman v. Prudential Bache Securities, Inc., James P. McCormick Barbara Coleman v. Prudential Bache Securities, Inc., and James P. McCormick

Citations

  • 802 F.2d 1350
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 32546

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • enforcing an arbitration agreement when a plaintiff alleged fraud regarding an underlying contract
  • must be asserted that `arbitration clause itself, standing apart from the whole agreement, was induced by fraud'
  • “[A]bsent a showing of fraud or mental incompetence, a person who signs a contract cannot avoid her obligations under it by showing that she did not read what she signed.”
  • there is nothing substantively unconscionable with arbitration clause per se

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Judges: Roney, Krayitch, Atkins

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